click!

Joseph Alkana jfa19@IDT.NET
Tue, 19 May 1998 22:32:21 -0400 (EDT)


At 07:17 PM 5/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>A clarification may be in order. The click ceases if I move it off the
>hammer butt. I can visually see the spring going *sproing* when I hear the
>click. The click happens when I mearly lift the hammer to the string
>slowly. There are a total of six and 2 are loud enough to hear when the
>case is closed and music is being played.
>
>
>At 06:34 PM 5/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Sometimes on butts without the felt in the crease, the butt actually hits
>>the butt-spring.
>>It also may be incomplete gluing of the hammer, shanks, or catcher, too. 
>>Check those out.
>>Bill Schlipf  Bloomington, IL
>>wjstuner@juno.com
>>
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>Regards, Don
>
>

Don,

I just worked on a piano that exhibited the same click scenario you
described. Mine turned out to be the coil causing the problem . I resolved
it by squeezing the coil tighter. I really couldn't see the problem, but I
just tried it and it worked.

Joseph Alkana RPT



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